Leanne Amaning has revealed she filmed her awkward break up scene with Mike Boateng three times on Love Island.
The 23-year-old appeared on the show’s first winter version last year, which was filmed in South Africa.
In a video posted on her YouTube channel, Leanne shed light on her time in the villa, and explained how producers would make them film some scenes multiple times.
Speaking about her infamous split from Mike, Leanne said: “So basically we had to redo the scene three times…”
“Sometimes we had to redo scenes. Just when you weren’t bringing vim, you weren’t bringing that pepper.”
“The first time it was actually pretty chill, we were like we aren’t feeling it but it’s cool though, we’ll still be friends. We’ll still sleep in the same bed…”
“They [the producers] actually said this is bulls**t, it’s not a good enough break up. Have more vim. I was like, no, I’m not feeling it. The producers said they weren’t happy, it needs more.”
“At this point I feel so awkward, like have you lot ever had that conversation more than once? It’s very very awks. When I feel awkward I laugh.”
“Looking back, they have ratings to get so I get it,” Leanne said.
“No one wants to watch two people amicably break up. It’s just kind of s****y that it’s at the expense of a human. Of course I would’ve taken a different approach in real life.”
When asked whether Love Island is scripted, the 23-year-old explained: “Love Island isn’t scripted, they’ve never handed me a script and read off this. But it’s reality TV, they want to keep it entertaining.”
“They want to keep it so you guys understand what’s going on. How do I explain this? I don’t want trouble. I don’t want f***ing trouble.”
“Some scenes are set up for your entertainment. I almost feel like a disclaimer should be put up at the beginning of every episode like Towie and that. Some storylines are pushed.”
Leanne added: “By the way guys, I really don’t want this video to come across as me as being ungrateful.”
“I am so, so grateful to ITV for letting me have that opportunity to go on the show and experience it.”
